Is there really a need for (download) speed?

More than a week ago Cablevision launched the latest and so-far biggest weapon in the ongoing Internet speed war playing out throughout the country ... and getting particularly nasty on Long Island soil. The Bethpage-based media company unveiled its Ultra service, a 101 Mbps download and 15 Mbps upload Internet connection at $99 a month. ...

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Wow. That’s super fast. I work off of a 20 MBPS down and I’m happy with that. (Of course, there aren’t any super fast speeds in my area.)

But if I could get it, I’d definitely get that fast speed. I’m a web developer, so half of my day is spent uploading and downloading. So it’s worth it. (And for all those pirates out there that download bulky files, this would be worth it for them as well.)

The only consideration is… does that website or server that you are ‘downloading from’ or ‘uploading to’ have a limit? If it does, then the speed is not worth it.

I am curious, are they going to be opening ports so I can use this bandwidth for hosting my website/email/ftp etc? If so there may be some value there, if not its really just a marketing strategy. Reminds me of the processor wars a few years back… 2.5ghz, 3.0ghz… no one needed it and it just increased our electricity costs.